Describe the historical context of the role of the Dutch and British in regards to the colonization of South Africa.

With colonialism, which began in South Africa in 1652, came the Slavery and Forced Labour Model.  This was the original model of colonialism brought by the Dutch in 1652, and subsequently exported from the Western Cape to the Afrikaner Republics of the Orange Free State and the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republic Many South Africans are the descendent's of slaves brought to the Cape Colony from 1653 until 1822. The changes wrought on African societies by the imposition of European colonial rule occurred in quick succession. In fact, it was the speed with which change occurred that set the colonial era apart from earlier periods in South Africa. Of course, not all societies were equally transformed. Some resisted the forces of colonial intrusion, slavery and forced labour for extended periods. Others, however, such as the Khoikhoi communities of the south-western Cape, disintegrated within a matter of decades. the Dutch were primarily concerned with supplying their ships with fresh produce as they rounded the Cape en route to the spice-producing islands of the Indonesian archipelago. It soon became apparent that if the free burghers were to be successful as agricultural producers, they would need access to substantial labour. Therefore, as the Dutch settlement expanded, independent Khoikhoi communities were placed under unbearable pressure. So all means of the existence of slavery had come to an end.

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